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The Downey Eagle
March 19, 1999 Volume 7 Number 4

Services Monday for Edward J. Terry, age 43
DOWNEY-Services were held Monday, March 15, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church for 
Edward J. Terry, a Downey resident for 43 years, who died March 11 in Whittier. 
He was born Jan. 4, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, and came to California in 1925. He attended Los Angeles 
schools and art classes at Cerritos College and CSU-Long Beach. He was a retired paving contractor, 
artist, stamp collector, coin collector, bocce ball player, world traveler, and was a former president of 
the Bell Gardens Chamber of Commerce, a former member of the Commerce Rotary, and the Downey 
Stamp Club. He was a patron of the fine arts, and developed industrial property. 
Survivors include his wife, Mary G. Terry; eight children, Mary Williams, Kathryn Abel, Susan Rash, 
Jeanne Cahill, Barbara Pacillo, Janet Terry, James Terry, John Terry; 25 grandchildren and four great-
grandchildren. 
Burial followed at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. Arrangements were by the McCormick 
Mortuary of Whittier.